Singh S, Bambery P, Chaudhry D, Makharia G, Kakkar N, Singh D
Dept. of Internal Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh.
J Assoc Physicians India. 1999 Aug;47(8):831-2.
Paraquat, a dipyridium compound is widely used as a herbicide. It is available in India as a liquid concentrate for agricultural use and is highly toxic if ingested. It leads to renal, hepatic, cardiac and pulmonary toxicity and also causes burns of oral mucosa and esophagus as it is caustic in nature. We describe two cases of paraquat poisoning who developed serious toxicity following its ingestion and died of respiratory failure.
百草枯,一种二吡啶化合物,被广泛用作除草剂。在印度,它以农业用液体浓缩物形式供应,摄入后具有高毒性。它会导致肾脏、肝脏、心脏和肺部毒性,还会因具有腐蚀性而导致口腔黏膜和食管灼伤。我们描述了两例百草枯中毒病例,患者摄入后出现严重毒性反应,最终死于呼吸衰竭。